Unknown small Dumper seen on ebay

[Johnson Dumper]

Look here: Approx 1 Ton dumper truck. Digger

[XS650]

Very unusual , rear wheel drive ? I think Barford may have made it as it looks like a Bantam skip and I think I have a brochure for it somewhere !
Have never seen one in the metal so to speak so they can't have sold many.
Craig

[FOWLER MAN]

Hi,
Certainly has lots of Barford type features, not only the shape of the skip, but the panels look as though they were designed by the same guy as those on a Barford Boxer I once owned.
Fred

[essexpete]

The rear end certainly has a 'big machine' appearance.

[XS650]

It is a Barford SD O6 , a curious beast with Marina drive axle on rear , front steer and equal size wheels all round.Gravity tip and hand start with no options. The brochure is a masterpiece of meaningless spin .Killer is payload at only 12 cwt ! so 3 cwt less than the smaller Barford Bantam , weird. Selling point seems to be price at £1,350 which they say is £250 less than competition.
No date on brochure but looks to be around 1980 by when 2wd dumpers had died a death. Aveling Barford were a division of SP Industries at the time who ever they were , so post Leyland pre Wordsworth.

Craig

[XS650]

Aha - Internet tells me SP Industries were part of British Leyland , formed in 1978 , this dumper the wrong product at wrong time with Marina axle has the brilliance of British Leyland written all over it .

Craig

[FOWLER MAN]

Aha - Internet tells me SP Industries were part of British Leyland , formed in 1978 , this dumper the wrong product at wrong time with Marina axle has the brilliance of British Leyland written all over it .

Craig

Hi Craig,
I believe the S P in S P Industries was derived from " Leyland Special Products."
I dealt with them for Barford, Fowler and Track Marshall parts in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Fred